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M. N. POSNER.

HAIR 0R MUSTAOHE GURLER. No. 364,956. Patented June 14, 1887 WITNESSES:INVENTOR: w. 72. 52MW J BY ATTORNEYS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MORRIS N. POSNER, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y. ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES A. BOU- TON,OF SAME PLACE.

HAIR OR MUSTACHE CURLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,956, dated June 14,1887.

Application tiled January 15, 1887. Serial No. 224,436. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, llIORRIS N. POSNER, of the city, county, and Stateof New York, have invented a new and Improved Hair or Mustache Curler,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention has for its object to provide a simple and effective hairor mustache curler, and which will firmly hold the end of the mustacheor tuft of hair while the same is being wound around the device.

The invention consists in a device of the character described providedwith a springbar for clamping the end of the mustache or tuft of hair.

The invention also consists in details of construction, hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of one of my improved hair or mustachecurlers. Fig. 2 is a section on the linear to of Fig. 1.

The body A of the device is slotted or divided at its forward end, as ata, and near the said forward end is pivotally mounted a clamping-bar, B.The clamping-bar in the rear of its pivot b is pressed upward by aspring, 0,

of any preferred form, which serves to hold the bar B in its closed ornormal position, as shown in full lines, Fig. 1.

In operation, the device having been heated to the required degree, theforward part of the clamp-bar B is raised by pressing its rear enddownward, the end of the tuft or lock of hair, or the end of themustache, is passed into the slot a and bent or turned under theclamp-bar B, and the said bar released, whereby thehair will be heldsecurely without the aid of the person using the device. The wholedevice is then turned or revolved to wind the hair around it, and heldin that position until the desired result is attained.

The device is less expensive and more easily operated than if the clampbar were constructed to be held down by the person using the device.

It is evident that various means may be devised for holding the barBagainst the body A, and I do not limit myself in this respect.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- The combination, with the body A, having aslot, as a, in one end, of a spring-pressed clamp bar, B, mounted onsaid slotted end and normally pressed thereon, substantially as shownand described.

MORRIS N. POSNER.

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JACOB LAMKAY, J r., EDWARD S. MYERs.

